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Amasonia punicea Cyperus ligularis 
Telanthera dentata Hemicarpha subsquarrosa 
Jatropha urens Scirpus Reichenbachii 
Euphorbia hypericifolia ,S\ paradoxus 
Croton lobatus Fimbrystilis sp. 
C. glandulosa Oncostylis vestitus 
Loranthus, sp. Rhynchospora cephalotus 
Maranta arundinacea Digitaria sp. 
Heliconia psittacorum Sporobolus Sprengelii 
i^chmea nudicaulis Leonurus ciliaris 
Hippeastrum equestre Panicum Rudgii 
Paepalanthus Lamarckii Eragrostis Vahlii 
P. Schraderi Anatherum virginianum 
The plants most striking to the observer I have un- 
derlined. Some discomfort is caused on these savan- 
nahs by a small fly called by the Indians the weree-weree. 
that swarms about one's face and creeps into one's eyes. 
It is only annoying, however, while one is perspiring. 
The Cabowroo, another minute fly that stings and leaves 
a durable extravasated red spec, is also troublesome. 
The solitude of the region is supremely impressive. 
From the savannah I returned to, and ascended, the 
Icooroowa creek. This is the largest tributary of the 
Canje River. It has its source not very distant from 
the head of the Maypenne creek which runs into the 
Corentyn River. Governor Barkly, during his tenure 
of office here, once walked across from one creek to the 
other, and visited Oreala. At the head of the Icooroowa 
there is a large lake where a few Indians still lived at 
the time alluded to, but which place they left several 
years ago and removed to the Corentyn. The Icooroowa 
runs through the heart of an extensive bullet-tree dis- 
